Race :: Round 33 - Britain Sets a Speed Record!

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Megane Omalie of Norway shifts into high gear and accelerates rapidly ahead on the straightaway of la Promenade des Anglais. John Milk of England falls in close behind, his Amilcar C6 catching a draft off the Norwegian Monza. Suddenly, Milk makes a daring overtake to assume the lead! Et mon Dieu! He has set a new record for speed at Nice! Incroyable!! Never before have I seen a car at such speed! Ah, non!! The engine suddenly spews white smoke! Clearly, some damage has been done! And just ahead lies the deadly hairpin curve at Hôtel Negresco -- it will take some amazing driving to achieve what is to come....

Behind the two leaders, others are now in hot pursuit. Coming back onto the track from the pits are two racers, Finland and Belgium. The Finnish driver, Tavho Myrsky, adroitly steers his modified Chrysler Special into the right lane, shifting up and hoping to keep some advantage over those cars that did not take a pit stop. Almost directly behind, Victor Hugo Stéphane's yellow Bugatti too is making excellent time. Together, they gap the field, with Italy's Maserati far behind, lost in the smoke of the disaster at the pit area.

France roars out of his garage and heads down the pit lane to the sound of the cheering throngs of well-wishers who line the course. A new set of tires and some transmission oil have been added to the blue Salmson. Yet Aristide sees the Italian race by, having forgone the pits and remained upon the track. Germany pulls into his garage, skidding to a stop as several German mechanics, stalwart in their mission to assist the Teutonic warrior, leap out of the smoke and begin to change the tires. Their white overalls remain untarnished despite the black smoke that has now completely overtaken the pit area.

Wisely, Vitez Rychly has also bypassed the pit lane and now continues down the straight -- briefly, he turns to look through the smoke at what has become of his garage, now almost completely consumed by fire. Finally, the Swiss driver, Petrus de Salvion Bernardus, comes out of the final hairpin curve and begins to make his way down the straight away, falling even further behind as he shifts up in what may be a fruitless chase of the leaders.

The field is spread out over the entire breadth of the Nice circuit -- an amazing sight!